The Soldier's Details
- Surname:
- Ware
- First Name:
- Frank
- Rank:
- Pte
- Regimental #:
- WX10711
- Company:
- B Coy 2/3rd MGB
- Enlisted:
- 15.01.1941
- DOB:
- 20.04.1908
- Place of Birth:
- Beverley WA
- Father's Name:
- Ware Alfred James
- Mothers's Name:
- Ware Johanna Agnes (nee Kearney)
- Religion:
- Roman Catholic
- Pre-war Occupation:
- Bogger
- Camps Thailand:
- Tarso
- POW#:
- 6732, 39109 Thailand.
- Place of Death:
- Tarso, Thailand
- Date of Death:
- 1.10.1943
- Buried:
- Kanchanaburi Cemetery Row J, Plot 1, Grave 78.
General Description
Review WX10711 Frank Ware‘s military records held at NAA.
Frank was one of the number of 2/3rd who disembarked at Batavia (Java) from Middle East on 18 Feb 1942, reported missing at Java on 07 Mar 1942. They were taken POWs of Japan about 8 March when the Dutch East Indian Forces capitulated to Japan.
He left Java with Dunlop Force Java Part No, 6, with CO Weary Dunlop to sail to Singapore then a rail journey into Thailand before reaching the Burma-Thai Railway to work. Please read further
Below: List of POWs who died at Tarsau Hospital Camp. He left Java with a work party to work on the Burma-Thai Railway. Frank died 1 Oct 1943 of dysentery. His body would have been interned and reburied at Kanachanaburi War Cemetery after the war ended.
Frank’s parents Alfred and Johanna Ware married in SA 1893 and came to WA with several older children and settled, farmed east of Beverley. They had a large family, Frank was the youngest surviving son of 13 children.
Below: Frank’s father Alfred b. Morphett Vale, SA 1850 died in 1947 aged 96 years.
Below: Frank’s mother Joanna Agnes Ware (nee Kearney) was born in SA to Irish parents d. Sept 1955 aged 92 years.
